Disable automatic Bluetooth reconnect?

Hello all,
After upgrading to Mavericks, I've noticed a slightly annoying behavior that was not present in Mountain Lion: my computers automatically connect to nearby paired Bluetooth devices, namely my Logitech Wireless Speaker Adapter. Because I use this speaker adapter with many devices (desktop, laptop, phone, tablet), I tend to keep it disconnected until I want to use it, since any number of my devices may be powered on when I'm using it. As such, it's annoying to have to disconnect the speaker adapter every time I use my laptop or desktop. Moreover, when they connect to the speaker adapter, they automatically change my default audio output, which is also undesired behavior.
I've looked around in Bluetooth preferences, but cannot find a setting that would disable this behavior.
The only workaround I've found is to unpair the device whenever I'm done using it, which is far from ideal.
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
Thanks!

sberman wrote:
How about turning Bluetooth off on your Mac?
I suppose that would be possible on the laptop, but I wouldn't be able to do it on the desktop, since I use the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Trackpad.

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